Nikita star Maggie Q has revealed that an upcoming episode will explore the origins of Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford).

The actress told IGN that the CW drama will take an "extensive" look into the computer hacker's past.

"We're gonna deal a little bit with who Birkhoff was: How Percy got him and what he did wrong," she said. "[We find out] what Percy's got on him... which is really cool, because I love that character so much."

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Q admitted that is keen to explore "the early days of Division" and Nikita's past relationship with Birkhoff.

"I want to see how close [they] were," she said. "They were good friends in Division! He would have been closer in age to her and he would have been almost like a brother."

She continued: "Besides Michael, the person she had an intimate relationship with, Birkhoff would have been the closest person to her."

Q also confirmed that future episodes will "solidify" the backstory of Division mole Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca).

"You're going to see more of... where Alex came from," she explained. "We're going to kind of get that out... so we can move forward with her."